Judging His Own Sheep
A sheep farmer named William McNab has been fined £500 at Melbourne for exhibiting his own sheep under an assumed name at agricultural shows, at which he…
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Farming & the land, 1903
792 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 10 of 40
Treatment of Farm Houses
Mr. R. H. Oliver, of Reeves Plains, South Australia, offers the following advice as to treatment of farm horses:—"For the small farmer who does most of his own work, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Killed on a Train
Two trainloads of sheep from Grenfell to Hermidale were detrained at Stuart Town a few days ago, when it was found that 213 head had died in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Application for Seed Wheat
So far the Department of Agriculture has received 2222 applications for seed wheat, and they are still coming in at the rate of from 70 to 80 per day. The applications will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral and Commerical. Western Hebald Office, Friday evening
The weather is hot and dusty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Ascertaining Differences in Dairy Cows
MOST people who have hed any experience with milch cows know that individuals vary greatly as to milk production. The ability…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Visit to a Balloon Farm
I have just paid a visit to Mr. Carl Myers' balloon farm, near Frankfort, in the State of New York, writes a correspondent, the only institution of its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fancieul Farming
So many money kings favour funning as a hobby Clint it is scarcely surprising to find dairies and barns which cost small fortunes to erect becoming more common…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming Made Easy
No longer is the British ploughman to live by the sweat of his honest brow or to earn his living by the strength of his strong arms. The horse is soon to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Quality of Seed Wheat
A Temora farmer, who has received some Government seed wheat purchased in S. Australia, has discovered seeds of a very troublesome weed mixed with, the wheat…
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In its distribution of seed wheat to distressed farmers the Government appears to be determined to ignore the claims of those luckless individuals who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seed Wheat Distribution
There are now unloading at Darling Harbour to the order of the Government 29,545 sacks of seed wheat, containing 124,642 bushels. Many thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Hebald Office, Tuesday evening
The weather continues very worm find opprensive, with little prospeat of a change, The country around Bourke is beginning to assume a very dry appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Re-stocking the Farms
A FEW days ago a member of the present Ministry pointed out that second only to the question of rendering immediate aid to the destitute on our holdings in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extraordinary case of Fraud. A Sheep Farmer's Crime
At the Criminal Court Melbourne, on Wednesday, before Mr. Justice A'Beckett and a jury of 12, William M'Nab, farmer and grazier, and two lads in his employ…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seed-Wheat. Dr. Cobb's Experiments. Interesting Conclusions
Dr. N. A. Cobb, Pathologist of the Agricultural Department, has been conducting a series of experiments in connection with seed-wheat. His second article on the…
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The Department of Agriculture has [?]ded the first consignment of seed wheat for farmers In the Dubbo district. It amounts to 207 hags, weighing over…
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In view of the sowing time being again at hand, the following conclusions arrived at by Dr. Cobb, the well-known pathologist of the Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The West Australian Harvest. Splendid Wheat Crops
MR P. O. WICKEN. field officer for the W. A. Department of Agriculture reports that the harvest has been a remarkably good one, especially in the southern districts, where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday evening
The weather on Wednesday and Thursday was very hot and oppressive. The nights have also been very cruel. On Thursday afternoon a terrific duatstorm came up from…
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